Textile-fabric-treating machine



L. CLARENBACH.

TEXTILE FABRIC TREATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1920.

1,389,627. e sept 6, 1921.

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WITNESSES A TTORNEYS L. CLARENBACH.

TEXTILE FABRIC TREATING MACHINE.

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TEXTI'LE FABRIC TREATING MACHINE.

1 1 APPLICATION FILED NOV- 13, I920. 1,389,627. v PatentedSept. 6, 1921.

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Louis. cmminracmflor rnssnic, NEWlJERsE TEXTILE-FABRIC-TRE T NG M CHINE"To all whom it may concern: 1 1

Be it known that I, Louis OLARENBAOH, a citizen of. the United States,and a resident ofPassaic, in the county of Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and improved TeXtile-Fabric-TreatingMachine, of which the following is a.full,clear, and exact description.'1 V This invention relates to machines for treating in liquidstextilefabrics in open width or in'the form ofstri-ngsor ropes and hasfor oneof its objects toprovide. a construction wherein. dyeing,scouring, inipregnatingv and otherwise treating of the fabricmaysbecarried on rapidly and uni- Another object of the invention is toprovide a machine for treating in liquid either fabrics oryarns in suchmanner as to cause the treating. liquid to quickly. and evenly enetratethe cloth or'yarns.

A still further object .is to provide amachine in which the materialbeing "treated will be inoved in'a substantiallyhorizontal directionforcibly against the treating llq'llld shortened treatment is anduniform results secured,

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsecti'onfrom' a machine for treating textilefaboneembodiment-of theinvention. Y

- Fig. 2 is a transverse section through Fig. 1'online2"2.- a a Fig.2?)is a'sectional view'through: Fig. 1

" on line 1 being, preferable in the case of cloth,

' Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the construction shown in Fig.

In using. the machine the treatment of the cloth may be washing, dyeing,impregnating withthe washing or other compound or for treating thef-abricgor-yarnsforother pur poses.- Y Thefabricmaybe passed throughthe.:machinefeither-inthe form of ropes or strings or-"in open'width,the open width whereas in the case of yarnsithe slightly twistedstringsofrope form and are acted upon in a positive and forcefulmanneras'theypass. In: treating the fabric according tothe presentinvention, one or. a large-number of tanks could be used according tothe amount of treatment des'i'redand other'circumstances surroundingthe; particular material being treated... In the 1 accompanying drawingsonly tWoftanks 1 and. .2.have been shown.

' p m 1 Maris-mm. Patented Sept. 6,1921 Application filed November 18,1920'. Serial No. 424,929.

. F rom ,Fig. '1 itwill be seen that'the tank 1 is provided'with aquantity of liquid which 7 may be .dye, scouringliquid or othertreat ngliquids Adjacent the bottom of tank 1 is arranged a series of coi1s 10which may be supplied with steamor other heating'meaiss to maintain thetreating solutionat the deslred temperature. Arranged adjacent thetop'and the bottom of tankl are guiding rollers 11 which guide the'respective bars 12 and 12 as they reciprocate. These bars extend throughsuitable packing boxes 13 and 14s and are connected to the respectiveconnecting rods 15 and 16whichconnect- 1n rods are connected with-therespective crankushafts 17 and 18. Similar connecting rods-and otherparts are provided in respect to the tank 2 but as the parts areidentical, no additional description is necessary. The shaft-18 hasv a'gearv wheel 19 rigidly secured thereto which continually meshes with anI idler 20- and-said idler inturni meshes with a gear wheel 21 rigidly.secured to shaft 17. The shaft 18 may be driven through :any suitableconnections with a source of power.

As shown in Fig. 4, a sprocketwheel22is secured to shaft 18 andaccommodates the chain 23 which fits over the sprocket wheel 24 securedto the shaft25. As this shaft is driven from the power connected withthe'ulleys-S'shaft 18-will therefore be-driven at the right'proportionofspeed; .As indicated in Fig. 4, shaft 25 carries sprocket wheels '26and 2-7, sprocketiwheel 26 accommo'dating chain 28 while sprocket wheel27 accommodates chain 29 fitting over the sprocketwh'eel 30. Thesprocket wheel; 80 is rigidlyqsecured to shaft 313-which shaft hasa'second sprocket wheel 32 rigidly secured thereto'and accommodates thechain 9 which chain also passes over a. sprocket whee133' secured toshaft 7 on which the pulleys 8 are mounted. By this arrange ment ofdrive the parts are. driven in the rightdirection and at the rightproportion ofv speed to securethe results desired. By I means of thismechanism it will be observed that as thesprocket wheels 19 and 21=rotate, bars 12 and 12f will reciprocate; #These bars accommodate anumber of rollers .34: and 35 respectively over which the clotlior othermatter 36 passes as the machineoperates. The shaft 7 is rigidly securedto the roller-4 which roller acts as a driving member or a drivingdrumand co-actswitht-he driving drums or rollers 36 and .31 rigidly 1 fortreating cloth.

secured to the shafts 31 and 25 respectively. By this arrangement thecloth or other material in tank 1 is being driven from three pointsthoughit is evident that a greater or less number of driving rollerscould be provided. The driving motion is continuous and acts during thereciprocation of the bars 12 and 12 so that there will be a con'-'tinuous passage of the cloth through the machine and, c nsequently, auniform treatment thereof. The reciprocationof rods 12 and 12 ispreferably rather small and as an example, may be only four inches wherethe bars are four feet apart. 1

In order to compensate for the differentpositions of the rollers 34 and35, a number of tension rollers are provided, namely, rollers 38, 39, 40and 41 for tank 1. Ordinarily this number oftension rollers will besufficient though a greater number may be used if desired and also ifdesired the'tension rollers may be of the gravity type as shown in 'Fig.1 of-the drawing or may be positively driven either in the same manneras shown in my prior patent or in some other equally desirable way. Theroller 37 has associated therewith a squeezing roller 43 which ismounted on shaft 45 whichshaft is eccentrically mounted on suitablebearings 47 and said eccentric is provided with anfarm 49 accommodatingthe weight 51 which may be adjusted along thearm forcausing a greater orless pressure of the roller 43 against roller 37. A squeezing action ofroller 43 is especially important in view of the fact that the clothpasses from tank 1 over into tank 2 which latter tank may in somecircumstances contain a different liquid from that'provided in tank 1.

' When the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 all that is necessaryto do is to start the parts moving whichwill take place as soon as thepulleys 8 are rotated. The goods either as woven fabric in open width oras warp yarn in chain form will be fed from any'suitable supply toroller 4 and thence will pass over the various tension rollers and alsorollers 34 and 35 as well as the rollers 36 and 37. During thepassage-way of the cloth through the tank it is subjected to the actionof the liquid in the tankwhich may be dye, a scouring compoundor'otherliquid By reason of the reciprocation of the'bars l2 and 12 thecloth is movedflat-wise against the liquid whereby theliquid is forcedin a certain sense to penetrate the cloth for dyeing and cleaningpurposes or for some other desirable purpose.

Under some circumstances the movementof' the rollers 34 and 35 withthebars 12 and 12 would produce an undesirable tension on the clothpassing through the machine but in order to provide a complete structurewhich will take care of all kinds provided a pair of rollers 52 and 53between the runs of cloth beneath the respective rollers35sas clearlyshown in Fig. 1. These rollers aremounted upon suitable end bars 54which end bars are connected to suitable shafts 55. Each of these shaftsis provided with a sprocket wheel 56 for receivingthe chain 57, whichchain also passes over a sprocket wheel 58 connected with the idler 20,which idler acts as. a driving member for the chain. As the chain 57engages all of the gear wheels 56 connected tothe respective shafts 55,all of the shafts will be rotated in unison and, consequently, therollers 52 and 53 will be moved in a circle continu-' ously as long asthe machine. is in operation and will assume the position shown in Fl'when the position of the rollers 34 and 35 have a tendency to produceslackness in the various runs of fabric. As the rollers move they willtend to take up this supposed slackness and in order to allow suchaction, the chain 57'moves the various parts including the rollers 52and 53 until said rollers are outof theway. By this mechanism asubstantially -even tension is provided'on thefabric as it passesthrough the machine so that there will be no stretchingor distortion ofthe fabric. 5

In exceptional cases when using the machine for'scouring purposes, abrush could be arranged above one of the feed rollers,

as for instance, roller 36 so that a thorough cleaning action will beproduced. This brush could reciprocate, rotate or move in any desiredmanner. What I claim is V r l. vat L for open width with liquidconsisting of a compartment, a frame structure arranged in saidcompartment with fabric carrying rollers, means for operating said frameto cause the fabric to engage the liquid flatwise while in thesubstantially vertical position" and :means for feeding said fabricthrough said compartment. Y

2. A device for treating textile fabrics with liquid comprising'a vatforcontaining the liquid, apair of spaced reciprocating bars acting as aframe, rollers arranged on each of saidbars adapted to receive thefabric to be treated and over which said fabric passes, means forfeeding fabric through said vat over said rollers, means for reciproeating said bars, and'means for moving said reciprocating barssimultaneouslyin oppo- Width or Warp yarns in chain form comprls 111g avat for containing a treatlng llqllld, a

palr of reciprocating spaced bars arranged 1n sald vat, means for movingsaid bars s1- multaneously in opposite directions, a plurality of guiderollers arranged on each of said bars for guiding the goods to betreated through said vat, feeding means for feeding the cloth throughthe vat'and a squeezing roller for squeezing the goods as they pass fromthe vat. 1 i

5. A device for treating textile fabrics comprising a tank for receivinga treating liquid, a pair of spaced reciprocating bars arranged in saidtank, a plurality of rollers arranged on each of said bars adapted toguide the fabric as it passes through the vat, means for driving saidfabric, means for maintaining a tension in said fabric as the barsreciprocate and move said driving rollers and driving means connectedwith said bars for causmg a reciprocation thereof.

6. A device for treating textile fabrics with liquid comprising a tankfor receiving the treating liquid, reciprocating means in said tank forreceiving the fabric so that the fabric will extend substantially in avertical position, means for moving said reciprocating means so thatsaid fabric will be engaged substantially flat-wise, a liquid in saidvat and driving means for moving the fabricthrough the vat.

LOUIS OLARENBACH.

